The First Lund Conference on Severe Infections and Sepsis aims to provide a platform for physicians and researchers to discuss state-of-the-art advances in the field of severe infectious diseases. To this end, we have six confirmed speakers that are key opinion leaders covering the areas:
- Long-term outcomes and novel treatments of sepsis (Prof. Jim Russell, Vancouver, Canada)
- Disease mechanisms in pneumonia and sepsis (Prof. Tom van der Poll, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Severe infections in COPD (Prof. Sanjay Sethi, Buffalo, USA)
- Secondary infections (Prof. Michal Holub, Prague, Czech Republic)
- To increase public awareness of severe infections and sepsis (Prof. Konrad Reinhart, Jena, Germany)
- Establishing a forum for patients and relatives (Prof. Frank Brunkhorst, Jena, Germany)
- Coagulopathy and transfusion in sepsis (Prof. Pär Johansson. Rigshospitalet, Köpenhamn)
The conference will take place at the Grand Hotel Lund (September 17/18). The scientific program will be held during the first one and a half days. Friday afternoon will be dedicated to discuss the foundation of a Swedish Sepsis Society. This discussion will involve the input of Prof. Brunkhorst and Prof. Reinhart (Jena, Germany), who successfully have launched the German Sepsis Gesellschaft some 20 years ago.
